Yorktown to face Central in sectional baseball championship game

2:48 AM,
Jun. 1, 2014

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The Star Press

Yorktown defeated Hamilton Heights 5-1 in Saturday's second semifinal of the Class 3A Yorktown baseball sectional. With the victory, Yorktown will face Central in the sectional championship game at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Jacob Preston pitched a complete game for Yorktown, allowing one run in the third inning. He allowed three hits, one of them coming outside of the third inning. Preston struck out 10 batters and walked two.

Preston had two singles, one of four Yorktown players with two hits. Ryan Tucker and Anthony Todd also had two singles. Clay Dungan had a single and a triple for the ...